Lacing-loop



(No Model.) A. H. PRATT.

LAGING LOOP. No. 372,704. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

Masses. Iwenior NITE STATES ASHTON H. PRATT, OF ABINGTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

LAClNG-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,704, dated November8, 1887.

Application filed Scpte1nhcr5,1887. Serial No. 248,839. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ASHTON H. PRATT, of Abington, county of Plymouth,and State of llrlassachusettshave invented an Improvement inLacing-Loops, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompany. ing drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a lacing-l0op for bootsand shoes whereby the lacing-cord may be easily passed therethrough anddrawn taut.

In accordance with this invention the loop or eye is preferably made ofwire bent into loop-1ike form and attached to the plate, and as afastening the plate has prongs formed integral with it, which are bentupward at right angles with relation to the plate and adapted to beforced through the material from theinside out, so that the anchor-platerests against the inside or under side of the material,while the loop oreye passes outwardly through aslit cut in the material, the loop showingat the face or front side thereof.

Figure 1 is a plan View ofa lacing-loop embodying this invention; Fig.2, a side elevation of the lacing-loop shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, across-section of thelacing-loop shown in Fig. 1, taken in connectionwith a piece of material through which the prongs are forced andclinched.

The anchor-plate a,of any usual or suitable size and shape, has attachedto it a loop or eye, 7), preferably made of wire, said loop beingpreferably elongated or made oblong, as shown, to project beyond theedge of the anchor-plate,and so, also,that the said loops or eyes may bemade to project slightly beyond the edge of the material-as, forinstance, a

shoe to which the said anchor plate is at- 40 tached-thus enabling aperson (a shoe-lacing having been passed through the said loops or eyes)to, by a pull on the lacing, draw the 0pposite sides of the shoetogether, as described. The anchor-plate a is in this instance providcdwith upwardly extended prongs 0, adapted to be forced through thematerial from the inside outward, after which they are turned over orclinched upon the outside of the material, the anchor-plate restingagainst the under side thercofiwhile the loop or eyeb passes up througha slit cut in the material and projects from the outside, as shown inpFi 3.

ly placing the anchor-plate a against the under side of the material, asdescribed, a very firm hold is given to the loop, so that it may resista great strain.

My improved fastening is especially adapted for use upon a shoe such asshown in my ap- 6o plication Serial No. 194,950, it having two slits inthe top, one at each side of the shoe and in front of the ankle.

I claim The lacing-loop herein described, composed of the anchor-platea, prongs c,said plate being adapted to rest against the under side ofthe material, and a loop or eye, I), which passes through the material,substantially as described.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ASHTON I'I. PRATT.

\Vitnesses:

13'. J. NoYns, O. M. GONE.

